Hi, I’m Michelle Chiu

Lead designer with 7+ years of experience at Coinbase, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, and high-growth startups such as Axiom, BuzzFeed, Cherry Pick, Daimo, Wish, etc. My work has impacted ~3B+ users globally and contributed to ~$50M+ in funding and revenue across B2B, consumer, crypto/web3, and fashion-tech.

Clients/Experience:
Authoritative, Alta, ARI, Axiom, Beam, BuzzFeed, Cherry Pick, Coinbase, Daimo, DoorDash, Easy Labs, Frog Design, Instagram, Kodely, Megapot, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, Peanie, Pistachio, Prism, Rubi, Shibuya, Wish

Awards & Recognition:
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Recipient [Link]
Bestfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Site
Design Nation Conference Selected Attendee [Link]
Facebook GH Scholarship Recipient (1 of 25 worldwide)
Hexagon UX Mentorship Program Selected Participant
IDEO CoLab Makeathon Selected Participant [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow (<2% acceptance)
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ views) [Link]
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient [Link]
Rarible Editorial Writer (front-page feature)
Unsplash Featured Photographer (5.8M+ views)

Other Highlights:
Bureau Betak Stand-In Model (2x) [Link]
EDGE NYFW Content Studio Manager [Link]
Emboldly (Nonprofit) NYC Events Lead [Link]
Four Seasons Styling Assistant [Link]
Girls Into VC Venture Fellow & Ex-Newsletter Editor
Interior NYFW Intern [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program Alumni Interviewer (2x)
Marie Claire Arabia Photography Assistant [Link]
Mejuri Brand Ambassador [Link]
Slow Ventures Design & AI Dinner Invited Guest [Link]

Resumé

Twitter/X

Are.na

ARI (NDA)

AI personal styling platform focused on the future of human self-expression founded by Lior Cole (global IMG model and AI engineer featured in BBC, Fast Company, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Proenza Schouler, Vogue, etc). As a recognized voice in AI and fashion, Lior has also spoken at Christie’s Art + Tech Summit, Cornell, Harvard, NYFW, NYU, and SXSW as a guest lecturer, keynote speaker, and panelist.

I helped ARI articulate its unique brand market position to attract and support new partnerships through visual storytelling—culminating in a slidedeck with graphic animations illustrating our mission. This project was completed in partnership with Manya Jain (co-founder of Threads of Tech) and Lior through storyboarding and iterative design cycles.

AI Tools
Communication Design
Deck Design
Motion Design
Visual Design